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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVANUS J. TALBOTT, OF AMILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

WORK-BOX.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,858, dated May 1S, 1880.

Application filed March 1. 1880.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvANUs J. TALEOTT, of Milford, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spool'Gases,`of

lwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a spool-case which, while being ornamental, shall be more conveniently arranged and eon structed than those now in use, doing away with sliding shelves and dropping covers, and I attain this object by means of the mechanism and arrangement of parts described below.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a spoolcase embodying my improvements, one ot' the doors heilig slid back so as to expose a portion ot' its contents.4 Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ofthe same, taken between the two shelves.

ci represents the main body of the spoolcase, and b a drawer therein. Within the upper portion of the case' are a pair of shelves, c d, the former being supported by apost, e, iixed in the latter, andthe latter (the lower shelf, d) being pivoted at f, thus being a swinging' shelf, and also carrying with it the upper shelf, c. g g are liexible doors, sliding horizontally in the groove h and a corresponding upper (Model.) Y

groove. By sliding these doors as far back as the knobs g g will allow the shelves c may be swung out, as in Fig. 2, and their contents exposed to view. The parts or spindles k 7c upon the shelves are intended for the spools, the cushion l for the needles, Ste. Other conveniences may be placed upon the shelves7 if desired.

A portion or the whole of theinterior of the case may be exposed to View by opening one or both the doors.

The doors, arranged to slide horizontally, not 'only present a novel appearance, but greatly add to the beauty of the case.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hereinbefore described case for spools, consisting of the case a, the swinging shelves c d, connected by the post e and pivoted at f, and the vertical horizontally-sliding doors g g, combined and arranged substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

SYLVANUS JOEL TALBOTT.

Witnesses W. F. TrL'roN, LoUIs C. BILLINes. 

